Waistband curtain



O. K. THOMAS ET AL .June4 Vl0, 1930I WAIST BAND CURTAIN Filed ,-Nov. 5,1927 OLIVE K. `:Encinasam) JOSEPH zo. MALKIN, or" PI-I1LADELPHIA,rnNNsYLvANIA, Asy Patented June `1l), 1930 p stars PATENT OFFICESIGNOR-S OF ONE-HALF TO FREYDBERG BROS. ING., NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPO-marron or NEwYoRK WAISTBAND CURTAIN .Application led November 5, 1927.Serial No. 231,376.

`The present invention relates to waist band curtains for trousers,shirts and the like.

It has been a common practice among clothing manufacturers to purchaseWaist bands `and other similar ndings in a made up or assembledcondition `so `that they may be readily used in the manufacture ofgarments, thus relieving the clothing manufacturer from the necessityand the expense incident to maintaining a large force of employees andapparatus for the making of such iindingsand trimmings.

lVith respect to trouser waist band curtains, it has been the practicetoconstruct these curtains ofa stiifening fabric such as canvas or drillbeing faced on one side with a lining fabric such as twill having onemarginal edge portion extending around one `longitudinal edge of thestiffening material and stitched thereto. In the application of such aband or curtain to garment fabric, the lined or faced sideof the band isplaced against the outer or `face side of the garment fabric with itslongitudinal edge (one having the stiffening and lining materialunsecured) lying adjacent or contiguous to the edge of the waistopeningof the `garment material. The operator then stitches the waistband or curtain to the garment material by a machine 3Q stitchingoperation, and after this stitching,

the curtain is turned over with respectV to the garment material so asto bring the exposed face of the canvas against theinner sideA of thegarment material and the curtain is creased or broken along said lineofstitching.

Itis found that during the stitching operation above referred to, thelining material, which is a lighter-softer material than the canvas.will move or shift `with respect to 4o the stiifening material and causean `uneven appearance resembling puckers or folds. It is further, foundthat there being no guide for the operator to follow during thestitching, the line of stitchingis often uneven and makes an irregularappearance when the curtain is folded over in `the manner above defined.It is also found that it is diiicult to foldthe curtain at said line ofstitching because there is nothing to facilitate the folding along theline of stitching and, also, that there is nothing to ensure an evenfolding of the curtain at the point it is stitched to the garmentfabric.

It is the object of the present invention to overcome the above stateddrawbacks in a very simple, `effective and economical way by adheringthe opposing faces ofthe lining material and the stifening material ofthe curtain together so that there will be no shifting of the liningwith respect to the stitfening material during application to thegarment fabric, thus rendering the curtain substantially unitary inconstruction; and further in providing an impressed groove on theexposed face of the canvas and at the upper orfree marginal edge portionof said unitary curtain, and in which groove the operator may make theline attaching stitching and along which the curtain may be readily folded. The groove preferably has a substantial width to permit slightdeviation from a straight line by the line of attaching stitching. Thegroove in no way weakens or mutilates the threads of thefabric, but ispreferably made by offsetting the plane of the fabric between itslongitudinal edges. With `these and other objects in view the inventionfurther resides in sundry details of construction, combination andarrangement of parts which will be set forth as this specificationproceeds. y In this specification and the annexed drawings, theinvention is disclosed in the form in which itis considered to be thebest, but the invention is not limited to such form because it iscapable of being embodied in other forms; and it is to be understoodthat in and bythe claims following the description herein it is intendedto coverthe invention in whatever form `it may embody within `the scopethereof.

Other purposes of the invention, more or less `specific than thosereferred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out inthe description of elements, combinationl and arrangement of parts andapplication of principles constituting the invention,

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embodiment of the' invention as at present devised Figure 1 is aperspective view of a roll of trouser curtain or waist-band made inaccordance with the present invention and ready for attachment to thewaist band "of garments; l

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view ,showing the waistbandcurtain applied to the garment material;

'Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view through the material and Waistband showing the manner in which the two are associated when they arestitched together; c

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through the garment lmaterialand the curtain when the parts have been folded with respect to eachother, and as they appear in 'the finished product.

Referring in .detail to the drawings, A indicates the waist-band orcurtain which is 'usually .produced in roll form, as indicated in'Figure1, and B indicates the garment or trousers to which the curtain isattached,

as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

The general construction of the curtain A is substantially the 'same asthose `generally used and employed, consisting of a strip of canvas 10or other stiifening material anda co-extensive strip of twilled orlining fabric 11. lt is the usual practice to stitch one edge of thelin-ing, as at 12, longitudinally to the canvas at a point adjacent oneedge and in folding the lining around said edge of the canvas, as shownclearly in Figures 1 and 2,

with vthe major portion of the vlining lying in opposed relation to theadjacent face of the canvas strip. shows the lining and canvas'attachedas above mentioned, this is not essential and no partof the invention,because it is to be understood that the lining and canvas may beassociated in v'another or any desired manner.

AIn curtains of the above character, it is found that by'adhering theopposingface of the lining to the opposing face of the canvassubstantially throughout their areas, such as by pasting or ythe like13, so that thelining will prese'nt at all times a smooth surface whichwill not pucke'r nor bulge nor crease with respect to the canvas whenbeing appl'iedbytheoperator.` Itis to be understood,

however, that while Tthe pasting or the like is considered 'to be `anadvantageous and desirable Afe,alture Aof the combination of features ofthe present invention for obtaining the most "practical results, itmaybe omitted in some instances without departing from the spirit 4oftheinvention. Aside from thecneat appearance presented, this constructionadmits of quicker production by greatly facilitating the vattachment ofthe curtain to the garment because of the fact that the lining willfn'otvbulge nor gather which requires the operator .to Iinterrupt theattaching operation While the Vpresent disclosure to straighten out,and, in some cases, to rip the stitching, in order to remove the bulgesand gathers.

The invention also contemplates simple, effective and inexpensive meanson curtains or waist bands (whether or not ofthe type having thesurfaces of adjacent layers or plies adhering or secured together)acting as a stitching guide and a readily bendable line of fold greatlyfacilitating the application yof the curtain to the garment and thefolding of the same in a smooth, even, and neat manner. Therefore, themarginal edge portion of the curtain or waist band, corresponding to theedge 14, shown in the drawing is formed with a pressed or off-set ribproviding a groove or scoring 15 which is spaced from the edge 14 of thecurtain. The groove 15 referred to appears on the canvas side of thecurtainand the rib on the lining side while the body portion andmarginal edge portion 15 lie in substantially the same plane. The groove15 is formed in the curtain by passing Vit through opposed grooved andribbed rollers, by stamping, or the like. However, the former method offorming the groove is now vpreferred because of the celerity with whichthe operation can be performed and the uniformity of results. The termgroove or grooving in lits broadest sensecontemplates any character ofscoring which will leave a substantial impression or deformation in thematerial, although in its specific sense refers to a depression orlaterally off set portion in the plane of the body of the curtain.

Vhen the curtain is wound in roller form (as shown in Figure 1), thegroove on the 'canvas side of the curtain fits over the rib,correspondingly formed on the lining side thereof, thus nesting theconvolution of the rolled curtain so that they'will not slip' edgej wisewith respect to each other but maintain the curtain in a neat usableform 'atfall times.

The curtain or waist-band A thus provided is'applied to trousers andlike 'garments by placing vthe marginal edge portion 14 thereof upon amarginal edge portion of the garment fabric and is attached thereto by aline of stitching 16, (such as by sewing machine) which will follow onthe outer edge 15a of the groove 15 or within the groove. After thestitching operation, Vthe major Vportion of the curtain will fold uponitself along the line provided by the groove 15 which limits the line offold `thereto by reason of the fact that it acts as a scoring. Thus itwill -beY seen that the groove or .scoring 15 enables the attachingstitching 16 to be easily applied in a predetermined line so that thecurtain may be readily folded on said line to produce a smooth and evenline of fold at said stitching, and which stitchingl maintains the lineof fold in an even and neat appearing condition while the garment isbeing worn. The

width of the groove 15 may be varied as desired; however, when the sameis of the width illustrated in the drawing, it produces a neat roundingedge at the line of fold. After these operations, the curtain andtrousers are handled in the same manner as is generally the practice inthe industry.

From the above itshould be clear that a very desirable and economicalcurtain or waist-band is provided which greatly facilitates theapplication thereof to garments and greatly lessens the time of thisoperation in garment factories, thus contributing to the increase ofgarment production and wherein the lining material is at all timessmooth and presents a neat appearance and which is provided with meansacting as a guide or indicator in which the line of stitching forattaching the curtain to garments is made and j also performs the addedfunction of providing a scoring line which will readily fold regardlessof whether the line of attaching stitching 16 is perfectly even andstraight, thus giving the attached folded edge of the curtain astraight, uniform line of fold. It is, of course, understoodthat eitherfeature of the invention above described may be `used independently ofthe otherwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. But, it hasbeen found that if the component layers i of the waist band curtain arenot secured together, they will not register or align with each other,during the attachment to the garment by the operator thus resulting in avery badly finished product and lessening the facility` with which thecurtain ca n be applied by the operator. Instead of pasting as abovedenoted the layers may be secured together in any other manner whichwill hold them from relative shifting. j l

Having thus described the invention, what isclaimed is:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a waist band, a stripof facingmaterial and a strip of stiifening material in opposed relation, theinner surface of said strip of stiffening `material being in Contactwith andadhering to the adjacent surface of the facing stripapproximately throughout their contacting areas, said waist band beingscored at one longitudinal edge thereof to form a follow t line for theattaching stitching and a line of fold.

t 2. As a new article of manufacture, a waist band, a strip of facingmaterial and a strip of stiifening material in opposed relation, onelongitudinal marginal edge of said facing material being extended aroundthe adjacent edge of the stiffening material so as to overlap the othersurfaces thereof, the outer surface of said strip of stiifening materialbeing formed with a groove adjacent the other longitudinal edge thereofto provide a visible follow line for the attaching stitching and a lineof fold at said stitching.

stitching is made and alsoprovides a readily bendable fold line.

et. As a new article of manufacture, a waist j band curtain includingstrips offstiifening material and facing material having opposedcontacting surfaces, said stiffening material being `formed with agroove adjacent and spaced fromone longitudinal edge thereof so that,whenbeing applied to a garment, the groove provides a visible followline at which attaching stitching is made and also provides a readilybendable fold line, the inner surface of said strip of stiifeningmaterial being in contact with and adhering to the adjacent surface of"the facing strip approximately throughout their contacting areas.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a waist band curtain includingstrips `of stiffening material and facing material having opposedcontacting surfaces, and adhering one to the other approximatelythroughout their contacting areas, said stiffening material being formedwith a groove adjacent and spaced from one longitudinal edge thereof sothat, when being applied to a garment, the groove provides a visiblefollow line at which attaching stitching is made and also provides areadily bendable fold line. j i

`6. As a new article of manufacture, a waist band curtain` includingfiat strips of stiffening material and facingmaterial secured togetherto maintain them in juxtaposed relation, said stiifening and facingmaterial being laterally offset from the plane of the body thereof at apoint spa-ced from one longitudinal t edge thereof to form a depressedgroovein the exposed surface of the stiffening material and acorresponding rib on the other side of said waist band.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a waist band curtain includingflatstrips of stiffen-` waist band on opposite sides of said groove lying inthe same plane.

8, As a new article of manufacture, a Waist band including flat stripsof stiflening niaterial and facing material arranged in faceto-facecontacting relation, said materials being offset laterally from theplane of the body thereof at a point spa-ced from one longitudinal edgethereof to forni a relatively Wide Y depressedY groove in the exposedface of the stiflrening material, and a corresponding rib on the exposedface of the facing material, said groove and rib being co-eXtensive ofthe Waist band, the` ungrooved portion of the vWaist band on oppositesides of the groove lying in the same plane.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set Our. ,hande OLIVE K. THOMAS.JOSEPH D. MALKIN.

